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I was just curious if there was any way they can do a nerve transplant say from a healthy working nerve over to my nerves that arent working... Would that actually work? If so does anyone know where to go for that?

I think your talking about Primary Surgery where they take a nerve out of the back of your calf and put it in your neck. Mayo does this surgery. My son had this done at Texas Childrens Hospital 12 yrs ago and it gave him feeling and a little movement his was a birth injury where many nerves were torn out by the root. Hope this Helps. Mare

Primary surgery has a time-line... it can't be done after 12-18 months post accident, as the muscle becomes too atrophied to accept a nerve. I think I saw that you were injured in 2001?
It can't be done if there is a rupture of the nerve at the spinal cord, central nervous system. Those injuries are permanent.
If the nerves that are damaged are the peripheral nerves, then they can do nerve surgery.

Marieke (32, LOBPI)


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